Downpour

Ratings & Reviews

Ratings & Reviews

This film is so underappreciated in the Iranian canon: for one thing, it is a monumental look into the rough transition between the 'Film Farsi' of the pre-revolution and the Iranian New Wave, very exquisitely blending light-hearted, unpretentious comedy with a more serious artistic contemplation. And the ending is so reminiscent of the ending of one of my favorite short stories from Joyce's Dubliners...